RE: why won't this video play?

At 11:34 AM 6/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:>I don't think that making one copy is illegal, as long as the original is>destroyed (i.e. PAL formatted tape is destroyed once VHS is made.) This is>something that discouraged students from having tapes transferred to VHS at>the last library where I worked--often they had tapes mailed to them from>home, but couldn't view them on American machines; however, they wanted to>keep the PAL tape to use when they returned home.>>If this is an incorrect interpretation, I'm sure someone here will let me>know : )>>Julia Woodward>Access Librarian>Anne Arundel Community College>101 College Parkway>Arnold, MD 21012>(410) 777-2631>jbwoodward@aacc.edu>>>-----Original Message----->From: Gary Handman [mailto:ghandman@library.berkeley.edu]>Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:27 PM>To: Multiple recipients of list>Subject: Re: why won't this video play?>>>Woaaah!>>If the item is protected under the Bern Convention on copyright (and I'm>sure it is), copying from one format to another>is most likely illegal--i.e. as in the US, copying = derivative work = one>of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.>>gary>>At 11:07 AM 6/21/2002 -0700, you wrote:> >At 10:29 AM -0700 6/21/02, Renee Zurn wrote:> > >The video is ..., labeled VHS PAL ...> >> >PAL (European) format VHS tapes will not play on NTSC (regular US) players.> >> >She may be able to have a copy made to NTSC for a fee in your area.> >> >Here at the Learning Studio we have a deck that plays both formats and> >staff occasionally bring in their PAL tapes to make a NTSC copy they can> >play.> >> >> >Gilles Poitras gilles@exploratorium.edu> >Learning Studio, Exploratorium Museum> >>>Gary Handman>Director>Media Resources Center>Moffitt Library>UC Berkeley>ghandman@library.berkeley.edu>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC